Archives of American Art

Robert Henri diary

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.henrirob
Creators:
Henri, Robert, 1865-1929
Dates:
1891
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Volume
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Robert Henri diary, August 29 to September 27, 1891, about his travels in Europe. Henri writes about his visit to Venice and Chioggia, Italy, his train ride from Venice to Etaples, France, and his boat ride from Etaples en route to Boulogne-sur-Mer. Some entries include illustrations. Among other topics, Henri comments on sketches by [Italico] Brass, visiting artists in Etaples including American painters [Allen] Tucker, [Curtis] Williamson and [George Henry] Taggart, and British painter [Joseph Milner] Kite.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Robert Henri (1865-1929) was a painter and instructor in New York, N.Y.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
The diary was purchased in 1991 from Weschler's Auction House in Washington, D.C. with funds from the Joseph Coudon VII Memorial Fund, established by Katherine H. Coudon in memory of her son.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.

Related Materials
The Robert Henri papers, 1857-1958, are at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Of the material at Yale, twenty-six diaries, dating from 1880 to 1928, as well as some writings, scrapbooks, printed material, and miscellany dating from 1880 to 1954, are available on microfilm reels 885-887 through the Archives of American Art. A Robert Henri diary, May to November 1880, is located at the Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and available on microfilm reel 1645 through the Archives of American Art.

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